Apologies Are Meaningless Unless You Mean It
Roseanne Barr: "I've lost everything" except her eighty million in net worth. Except she has many Trump supporters. In an interview yesterday, she cried and made an apology to anyone who was upset with her racist remarks calling a black woman a monkey.
However, two statements after her wimpy apology she said: "I didn't know the woman was black." Then went on to say: I was on Ambien (inferring she wouldn't have said the racist thing if she were sober)." In my opinion, she should have just said: "the devil made me do it."
This is not the first racist thing she has said in her life and again, in my opinion, her apologies Are meaningless because I don't believe she really means it. Which leads me to try to understand why it's so hard to apologies and mean it?
Sometimes people fight over stupid things and after much back and forth one of the parties says: "OK, OK, I apologies." Then the other person says: "I don't think you mean it." Instead of then saying: "No, I really do mean it. I shouldn't have said what I said. Please forgive me and let's not fight anymore." WOW, wouldn't life be so much better if that really happened. However, it rarely happens and because it doesn't happen, the fight goes on and on.
Many of us were raised by parents who never said: I apologize (and mean it)." Most men (and a few women) were raised to never be weak. Saying: "I'm sorry" was viewed as weakness. Many times, we say: "I apologize just to stop the argument. I believe Apologies Are Meaningless Unless You Mean It.
The reality is, that if you really screwed up, it's a great relief to say you're sorry. You know you're wrong. You know that holding on to that "I have to be right all the time BONE" is not helping you find happiness in your life.
Sooo, if you want to be happy for the rest of your life just say:
I'm Sorry And Mean It
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